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There has been much gnashing of teeth over the Senate Intelligence Committee's report documenting use of "enhanced interrogation techniques," widely labeled as torture, that were approved in the George W. Bush presidency and then outlawed by successor Barack Obama in 2009. But on the release of the report by Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, President Obama tiptoed around its central conclusion: that such techniques did not substantially contribute to what was learned about the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that could have been learned without such tactics. The report, he said in a statement released by the White House, "reinforces my long-held view...

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release May 1, 2011
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON OSAMA BIN LADEN
East Room
11:35 P.M. EDT
THE...

Maybe it was the graphic-novel clarity of the images, the perfect geometry of the World Trade Center towers against the flat blue sky, the orange fireballs that blossomed from the puncture wounds. Or perhaps it was the cascading of horrors, a plane...

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and serves as a point to measure the indelible impact that day has had on the American people. In recent weeks, much has been written and broadcast about the shock and horror of that day and its...

Ten years, two wars, and countless false starts and wrong turns after the most terrible criminal act ever committed on American soil, the man responsible for nearly 3,000 deaths on Sept. 11, 2001, has been killed. It is unlikely that ever before in...

Osama bin Laden is dead. This is a great victory for the country. People are celebrating everywhere over his death. He was an evil man who was responsible for thousands of deaths.Bin Laden was in hiding for over a decade with no actual evidence of his...

To become complacent at the news of Osama bin Laden's demise could bring grave consequences. I'm certain that there are many devotees who would love to move up the Al-Qaeda food chain, drooling at the chance of putting their imprint on the history of...

My view on Osama bin Laden's death is that it was long overdue. We have been searching for him for 10 years. I never thought it would take this long to find him, but I am happy they did. I am also happy the victim's families of 9/11 finally have peace....

The death of Osama bin Laden has brought great joy and satisfaction to the people of U.S, but will it mean it's the end of terrorism? He has a lot of followers that may carry on his evil work, and I believe we have to be prepared for whatever trouble that...